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Bethesda Details Pre-Order Bonuses for Fallout: New Vegas

Fans of scavenging the Wasteland and peeling mutants' caps back using V.A.T.S. have to wait until September to explore the world of Fallout: New Vegas. That's the bad news. The good news is you'll have a few extra goodies to explore that world with if you pre-order the game.

Publisher Bethesda announced today the pre-order bonus packs that will be available soon at select North American retailers. GameStop, Amazon, Steam, Walmart, and Best Buy are all getting in on the Fallout action.

Pre-order at GameStop for The Classic Pack:

Armored Vault 13 Suit - Extensively patched up and dotted with piecemeal armor, this outfit is an homage to the classic ending of the original Fallout.

Vault 13 Canteen - This handy device is useful for staving off dehydration and providing a small amount of healing in the Mojave Wasteland.

Broad Machete - This heavy-bladed melee weapon does high damage against limbs and can quickly deal out a flurry of attacks.
5 Bleak Venom doses - Useful on any Melee Weapon, Bleak Venom makes short of work of most living targets.

10 Throwing Spears - If you would like to silently pin an enemy's head to a wall, Throwing Spears are the way to do it.

Pre-order through Steam or Walmart for The Caravan Pack:

Lightweight Leather Armor - This hand-modified suit of leather armor reduces its overall weight without impacting its ability to protect.

3 Doctors Bags - Mercenaries and broken limbs go together like Iguana-on-a-Stick and Nuka Cola. Thankfully, these Doctors Bags take a bit of sting out of the inevitable crushed skull.

Bethesda added that European pre-order bonus packs will be announced soon. Fallout: New Vegas is set to launch on September 30 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PCs.

Sharkey says: The Mad Max look in the Caravan Pack rules, but I'm a big fan of the melee attacks in Fallout, so that Broad Machete in the Tribal Pack is right up my alley. Throw in the 10 throwing spears and I'm sold. I just hope I can find that Mad Max outfit myself somewhere in the Wasteland.